See a kid dragging himself
Dragging himself to the schoolyard
Looks like his mom's taking him
Taking him right to the vultures
Feels like we're playing a scene
A scene we all know
But it's always, always the same ones
There's the man clapping his hands
And it's not the sound that grabs him
But it's always the same refrain
When the man claps, school starts again
I see him like a stranger
I don't know, I don't know anymore
And hey kid, do you remember?
That kid there, that's me
That kid there, that's me
See a kid discovering
The girls' eyes and the doctor
And I'd like to warn him
Tell him my doubts and my fears
My grown-up fears, my adult fears
Tell him watch out 'cause in the end
Your little head and heart
Will make me what I am
And there's the girl who drives him crazy
And it's no small thing, I can see that
The kid learns love and everything
And everything gets way more blurry
I see him like a stranger
I don't know, I don't know anymore
And hey kid, do you remember?
That kid there, that's me
That kid there, that's me
Is he busy thinking about me
Busy imagining himself grown-up
If suddenly he turns around
And if suddenly, right then, he sees me
Will he see deep down inside me
That I don't even recognize him
And all his buddies are around
The girls, the teachers and the vultures
There's everything that builds him
And I'm only the fruit of it
That kid there, that's me
That kid there, that's me
That kid there, that's me
That kid there, that's me